...Sean Troester Instructor Anthony Sanders English Composition II 25 September 2013 “The Story of an Hour” Literary Analysis In her story, "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin objectively brings the reader inside the mind of Louise Mallard upon her hearing of the death of her husband, Brently. Chopin uses specific language to guide her audience through Louise's brief time of grief and the ultimate realization of new found liberty, amidst sudden tragedy. In the text, Chopin presents a negative view on marriage, as well as articulating her longing to live free of another's imposing will. The speaker immediately brings the reader into the downstairs of the Mallard home, where Louise is being told of her husband's death by her sister, Josephine. It is revealed in the first line of the story, that Louise Mallard is "afflicted with heart trouble.” Richards, Brently's friend, is also mentioned in the text as being present, as Josephine informs her sister of Brently’s death. It appears Louise's grief is genuine, as she "wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms." The text communicates that she did not receive the news, "as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance." Louise clearly isn't like most women of her day. She travels upstairs alone to seemingly collect herself and reflect on what just transpired. Louise slumps into a chair, as she is staring at "open square." The speaker uses metaphors, of what is happening...
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...Hall 7 is capable of researching level 4 upgrades for most of your core units, making it your most important upgrade at Town Hall 7. Once this first builder is done upgrading the Laboratory, start level 4 Archer or Barbarians as your first priority for Elixir spending. Once you start that upgrade and have enough spare elixir, take this newly freed builder and start upgrading the Spell Factory. Builder #2: Army Camp –> Barracks –> Barracks Level 2 –> Army Camp Upgrades At Town Hall 7, you get a new Army Camp. This additional Army Camp is one of the easiest ways to increase your offensive firepower. Build this new Army Camp as your second order of business after starting your Laboratory. This new Army Camp will only take a few minutes to build. Once it finishes, use the newly freed builder #2 to start your new Barracks. Upgrade this Barracks to level 2. This will not take very long. This Barracks will now be able to significantly boost production and pump out Archers or Barbarians to help you farm faster. As soon as the level 2 Barracks finishes, take Builder #2 and go back to the new Army Camp. Do not stop upgrading the Army Camp with this builder until the Army Camp is maxed out. Builder #3: Walls –> Dark Elixir Storage Given that your builders will be...
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...The Most Useful Ancient Chinese Inventions Clarence Grant III Strayer University Humanities 111 Professor Greg Moore December 2, 2012 The Most Useful Ancient Chinese Inventions Early Chinese civilization invented numerous basic and vital necessities that are presently used around the world. Some of the most valuable ancient Chinese inventions include but are not limited to the following: silk, printing, paper, mathematics, Seismograph, the compass, gunpowder, bamboo and medicine (About.com, 2012). To me, of the four innovations listed I would select the following inventions: medicine, gunpowder, paper and printing. One of the Chinese culture’s first inventions was paper. During the 2nd century the earliest form of paper was made from hemp fibers. Even before the end of the ancient times, the Chinese had already acquired a level of expertise with papermaking. During the Qin (221-206 BC) and Western Han (206 BC -220 AD) dynasties, the art of making floss (rough silk) from inferior cocoon was greatly utilized. The basic process of making the floss (named Piao Xu) included continuous “thrashes” and “stamp crushing” (which involved a mill for crushing). Afterwards, the same procedure was used in papermaking. During ancient times, Chinese people used limewater or plant ash water to separate raw silk from the gum component. This system paved the way for future papermaking, which utilizes degumming vegetable fiber in the papermaking process (ChinaCulture.org...
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...It was late September, a scientist named Alice Smith (who worked at a lab on a hill) was trying to figure out how to make a duplication elixir that would duplicate things so life would be easier around the globe. She made lots and lots of different elixirs but couldn’t get the right one, so she disposed of them. She put the bottles on a conveyor belt that lead to a container with a chemical that cleans the bottle and takes the chemicals out of the bottle. She had to put on gloves and use a rod to take the bottle out of liquid; the liquid will do something to you if you touch it. She put the bottles next to cages that had a bunny and a fox for her experiment. She still had one bottle with the elixir that worked the best. She needed more...
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...Another character who has a fragmented hero’s journey is Odysseus from The Odyssey. Odysseus is the hero in this story despite his flaws, and his hero’s journey is his road back home where “home” is the elixir. His hero’s journey follows the guidelines well, missing steps or ghosting over some. The first steps starting with Ordinary world and ending with crossing the threshold are substituted for Odysseus’s fight in the Trojan war that lasts ten years. Because he was taken from his ordinary world to fight without protest, the story glances over these few steps, picking up at step 6. In other words, his journey starts with an Ordinary world but doesn’t engage with steps two through 5; therefore, his journey follows only part of the guidelines...
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...Baber Composition II #2043 11 October 2014 Word Count 727 Samantha Truglio Professor Baber Composition II 2043 11 October 2014 Nearly Perfect An Analysis of “The Birth-Mark” In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark”, he shows us the folly of human nature and our obsession with perfection. Hawthorne conveys his message through his main characters Aylmer, a scientist and lover of nature, and his beautiful wife, Georgina, who bears a small, crimson colored, hand-shaped birthmark upon her left cheek. Despite the amount of love that Aylmer has for his wife, he can’t help but to become engulfed with the mark that stains his wife’s cheek that keeps her from being perfect. Being a man of science he decides to create an elixir to remove her one flaw. “The Birth-Mark” is a story filled with potent symbolism to illustrate the scientist’s superficial endeavor, destructive irony, and a theme that provides us with moral allegory. The birth mark represents various things throughout the story, the most predominate symbol in this story is Georgina’s birthmark, which symbolizes the imperfection of human nature and mortality. Georgina was admired by many men, for she “came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature” (Hawthorne 291), but the only man she craved admiration from was Aylmer, who was not able to get past the slightest defect that blessed her cheek. The presence of the crimson stain deeply takes over his mind and dreams, it deeply disturbs him because it reminds...
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...In the book “The story of Han Xiangzi: The Alchemical Adventures of an Immortal” A tale about a man who achieves immortality really details the perks after drinking the elixir, which would again, would entice the followers to participate in this ritual. Finally, the article “Daoist Modern: Inner Alchemy” gives a more modern take on Daoist in today’s world where people still are believe in preserving their bodies and how immortality is still a lingering...
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...Title: 4 Ingredient Elixir That Can Eliminate Back Pain Category: Health & Wellness Tags: UTI, pain relief Snippet: Back pain is the leading cause of disability for Americans under the age of 45. And with that often comes prescribed meds that may cause potentially harmful side effects. This article discusses a simple four ingredient tonic that may eliminate back pain, naturally. Article: Each year 13 million Americans visit the doctor for chronic back pain. While about 2.4 million are left chronically disabled, another 2.4 million are temporarily disabled. Back problems can affect the spine's flexibility, stability and strength, causing pain, discomfort, and stiffness. Before you resort to taking potentially dangerous NSAIDS, relaxants and...
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...According to Karen Hunter, in 1949, Joseph Campbell published “The Hero With A Thousand Faces” which is a book that introduces his creation of the monomyth (Hunter). A monomyth is the concept of a single tale or story. The tale or story represents a mythological adventure being magnified in the rites of passage. Also, the myth goes around in a cycle and is repeated with different social and cultural references throughout the world. Furthermore, Leeming explains that, “the monomyth itself is an expression of the journey of the hero figure, of our journey through physical and psychic life, and of the evolutionary path of humanity to full consciousness” (Leeming). Homer’s use of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth in the Odyssey seen with Odysseus, the hero and main character, provides a great structure throughout the epic in several ways. To begin, the monomyth in the Odyssey can be divided into 11 stages of the hero journey. The first stage that structures Homer’s epic is birth or the ordinary world. Odysseus is born to his father Laertes in Greece under no distinguished ancestry to boast of. Rasovsky stated, As Odysseus grew to be a young boy he showed signs of his talents which included archery (Rasovsky). Going further on with Rasovsky’s findings, Odysseus was intelligent, clever, and exhibited strength through his appearance (Rasovsky). In the Odyssey, Odysseus’s ordinary world is on the peaceful island of Ithaca. Odysseus is the well-loved and respected king of the island. He has...
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...The exercises in this CheckPoint provide opportunities to practice these skills. Resources: Ch. 5–6 of Pharmaceutical Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext Showall your calculations in a Microsoft® Word document Answerthe following questions about the prescription in the scenario: A physician wrote a prescription for Tylenol® 325 mg/5 mL with codeine 10 mg/5 mL liquid, 5 mL three times a day x 4 days as needed for cough. 1. What household device should the patient use to administer the medication? 2. How much Tylenol® (in milligrams) is contained in a teaspoonful? Refer to Table 5-2 on p. 39. 3. How much codeine (in milligrams) is contained in a teaspoonful? Refer to Table 5-2 on p. 39. 4. How much elixir (in ounces) should the pharmacist dispense for a 4-day course of therapy? Refer to Table 4-6 on p. 30. Completethe following exercises. 1. Critical Thinking, p. 47: Problems 1 & 2 2. Test Your Knowledge, p. 47: Problems 5, 9, 17, 28, 34, 42, 46, 50, 54 Post your work and answers to both sets of problems along with a signed copy of the Certificate of Originality as an attachment under the Assignment link. HCP 220 Week 4 Checkpoint- Common Applications of Different Conversion Systems and Measurements of Time and Temperature...
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...Dr. Heidegger then claims that the liquid in the vase is water from the mythical Fountain of Youth. He would like their help in an experiment: they drink the water, he sits back and watches. The guests are clearly skeptical, but they agree. Before they drink, Dr. Heidegger warns them not to make the same mistakes they did the first time they were young. The guests drink, and they believe they have grown young again. (Whether or not they actually are physically transformed is ambiguous.) Of course, they act like fools, and the three men end up wrestling each other for the Widow's attention. In their tussling they knock over the vase, which spills the elixir all over the floor.It doesn't take long for the effects of the potion to wear off, and the four guests find that they are old again. Dr. Heidegger does not regret the spilled elixir; he has learned his lesson by watching...
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...to tell Katniss about the repercussions of her and Peetas actions. This stage marks the decision to return to her ordinary world and that the special world must eventually be left behind. The hero who has been to the realm of the dead must be reborn and cleansed in one last ordeal of death and resurrection before returning to the ordinary world of living. The resurrection is typically when the hero has its most dangerous meeting and biggest ordeal. Katniss finally understands that the capitol is out to get her and get rid of herself as long as Peeta for good. Katniss finally comes to mind with her feelings for Peeta and has decided that she is ready to face whatever challenge the Capitol has for her as well as Peeta. Return with the Elixir is the final...
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...The Poems 靜夜思 Jìng Yè Sī [quiet] [night] [think] Quiet Night Thoughts 唐朝 (Tang dynasty)李白 (Li Bai) 床前明月光 Chuáng qián míng yuè guāng [bed] [front] [bright] [moon] [light] Bright moonlight before my bed; 疑是地上霜 Yí shì dìshàng shuāng [suspect] [is] [ground] [on] [frost] I suppose it is frost on the ground. 舉頭望明月 Jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè [raise] [head] [look] [bright] [moon] I raise my head to view the bright moon, 低頭思故鄉 Dītóu sī gùxiāng [lower] [head] [think of] [old] [home village] then lower it, thinking of my home village. Brief explanation This is one of the famous poems from Tang dynasty. A poem related to Mid-autumn festival. This is a very famous one, written also by a very famous poet, Li Bai, who can even write excellent poems whilst he is drunk. This poem was also the first Chinese literature I learned. It is a story about how Li Bai misses his hometown while he was travelling all over the countryfar from his hometown. Deciphering with my words As you can see in above story, he saw a moonlight passing through and turn the ground in front of his bed to look like it was frozen. The impression that I got here is he feels lonely and sad. He filled the first 2 lines with sad vibes. Talking about moon and how its light make the ground seems frozen. Frozen has long be related with cold and sad feeling, like you lost something, I knew this from my experience as I once wrote my own poem. Later, he looks to the night sky to gaze over the moon. Here the impression I got...
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...“Smoke Signals” presents, Joseph Campbell’s monomyth is indispensable in seeing the film from a different perspective. The monomyth is about a hero’s journey, which is organised in a sequence of events that take place throughout his journey. The monomyth suggest that society can only be moved forward by the influence of a hero. The hero gets a call to adventure, and when he accepts the challenge, he leaves his comforts to find the cure that will move his society forward. When the hero begins his journey, he crosses the threshold, a place of no return, and ventures into the unknown in the search of the elixir, without which his society can’t move forward. On the journey the hero is taking, he is faced with numerous challenges that he must pass, in order to obtain the elixir. When the hero obtains the elixir, he returns back to his society to lead it forward with the aid of the elixir. In the “Smoke Signals”, when Victor was just a young boy, his father left him and his mother. After years have gone by, Victor’s mother receives a phone call from Phoenix, Arizona about Arnold, Victor's father, who has died. Victor decides to go to Phoenix, Arizona to bring back to the reservation the ashes of his father, but he is broke, and can't afford the cost of the journey. His friend ,Thomas, offers to cover the expenses for the trip, if Victor will take him too. Victor unwillingly agrees, and they two begin their journey to Phoenix to retrieve Arnold’s ashes. A scene from the movie, before...
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...Hero’s Journey of the Dead Poet’s Society Religion in Film “Carpe diem... Seize the day, boys, make your lives extraordinary.” -Robin Williams (John Keating) Written by Tom Schulman Directed by Peter Weir An English teacher with ideas of free thinking teaches his students not only to think for themselves, but helps to establish a love of poetry. Ultimately, the movie Dead Poet’s Society fills me with nostalgia for New England between its brilliant display of tradition, prep schools and brilliant autumn sceneries. This movie has since sat at the top of my list of favorites since its inception into the theater in 1989. LANDMARKS OF THE JOURNEY Set at the best boy’s prep school in New England, this story introduces us to motivated and impressionable young lads who are inspired and moved by their English teacher, John Keating who was once a student at the same academy. While all the boys we meet have various teenage angst with which they face, there are three main characters who undergo intense transformations as they are faced with different conflicts (INMOST CAVE) that they must face. Neil Perry, the driven lad with a passion for acting must face his father’s strict guidelines for what he has planned for his son. Todd Anderson faces the pressures of following the footsteps of his popular and successful older brother. Struck by the beauty of an unavailable young girl, Knox Overstreet seeks his inner romantic and forges on with being led...
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